IAM Technical Lead

Description

In this role, you will:

• Own the technical solution and architecture for the workstream.
• Define and maintain High Level Designs (HLDs) and Low Level Designs (LLDs).
• Lead technical decision-making and technology selection.
• Ensure alignment with Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Regulatory standards.
• Drive adoption of Zero Trust and Identity-first design principles.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams.
• Review solution designs, code, and infrastructure changes.
• Manage technical risks, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Coordinate integration activities across internal teams and third-party suppliers.
• Support planning, estimation, and technical delivery.
• Define and assure non-functional requirements, including availability, resilience, performance, scalability, observability, and security.
• Ensure solutions are production-ready and operationally supportable.
• Support architecture governance, design authorities, and technical steering groups.
• Champion engineering best practices, DevSecOps, and continuous improvement.

Key Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

Essential Skills

• Agile Delivery
• Product Ownership
• Backlog Management
• Requirements Engineering
• Stakeholder Management
• Business Analysis
• Financial Services
• Communication and Facilitation
• Risk and Compliance Awareness
• Ability to adapt to and understand new technologies; self-motivation to learn
• Strong interpersonal, influencing, communication, and report-writing skills
• Ability to interact appropriately with users of various technical skill levels
• Ability to work in a multi-country, culturally diverse, and time-zone-separated role

Additional Skills

• Enterprise Identity and Access Management
• Human and Non-Human Identity
• Agent Identity
• Workload Identity
• Zero Trust Architecture
• Authentication and Authorisation
• Policy-as-Code
• Identity Lifecycle Management
• Secrets Management
• Certificate Lifecycle Management
• API Security
• Event-driven Identity Integration
• Cloud-native Security
• Observability, Monitoring, and Audit
• Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)
• DevSecOps and Automation
• Production Readiness
• Knowledge Sharing and Documentation
• Delivery within a regulated Financial Services environment
• Collaboration across Architecture, Engineering, Security, Operations, and third-party suppliers

Why join

• Work in a global, forward-thinking cybersecurity environment.
• Real influence on cloud security strategy and standards.
• Flexible working model and strong career growth opportunities.
• B2B or employment contract available.